Comprehensive Cardiac Electrophysiology & Complex Arrhythmia Ablation Services
Cryoablation
Cryoablation technology allows your electrophysiologist to freeze tissue within the patient’s heart instead of cauterizing it with heat energy. Cryoablation has been used extensively in pediatric populations, and is generally considered slightly safer from a procedural complication perspective than radiofrequency ablation, although with slightly reduced success rates. Cryoablation is available at Medical College of Georgia Electrophysiology Laboratory and is commonly used when ablating near sensitive structures such as the normal pacemaker system of the heart, near coronary arteries, or near valvular structures. Cryoablation also offers the advantage of essentially painless ablation therapy as patients typically do not feel any sensations of discomfort during cryoablation application. Cryoablation typically freezes tissues down the -80 degrees Celsius causing permanent and irreversible destruction of tissue of after several minutes of application.